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Enviro company wins award

Clearflow Enviro Systems Group CEO Jerry Hanna shows off the Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology and Innovation award the company received from The Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Foundation last month. Photo Supplied

The Alberta Science and Technology Leadership (ASTech) Foundation has recognized a Sherwood Park-based company for its work in environmental technology and innovation.

Clearflow Enviro Systems Group Inc. received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology and Innovation last month from the foundation.

According to ASTech, the award is presented to an organization that has demonstrated leadership and innovating in the successful development and/or commercialization of novel technology or processes with significant environmental benefit.

Clearflow CEO and chairperson Jerry Hanna called the award the Oscars of the science industry in the province.

“There is a huge amount of technologies in Alberta and in Strathcona County alone, and we are just trying to showcase we are one of those companies,” he added. “Our technology has been used worldwide.”

The company, which specializes in soil stabilization, erosion control, water clarification and treatment, and wastewater treatment, has worked around the world including India, the Middle East, Mexico and throughout the U.S.

“(We’ve) worked in places where many, many people have tried to solve the problem before and weren’t able to,” Hanna said. “Our role is being defined by our success.”

While Clearflow originally worked within the international mining industry, Hanna said the company is now expanding into the oil and gas sector in Alberta.

“While we have done projects internationally, our focus is to work within our own province and our own country as well, and really develop our technology so we can benefit locally.”

Along with the University of Alberta and Strathcona County, the team at Clearflow is working to develop improved storm water management.

Hanna noted that with Phase 1 of the project completed, the partnership will be moving forward.

“It will be a real example of how we can improve water management quality using our county as an example,” he explained. “That then can be taken worldwide.”

Hanna said the technology would be able to be used in the oil and gas sector for tailing pond issues and other surface water management systems for mining and residential.